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Smolensk air disaster
In 2010, a plane carrying the Polish president, Lech Kaczy艅ski, crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing everyone on board.
In 2010, a plane carrying the Polish president, Lech Kaczy艅ski, crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing everyone on board.
It was one of the most tragic moments in modern Polish history.
The country鈥檚 minister of foreign affairs, Radoslaw Sikorski was one of the first people to hear about it. He鈥檚 been sharing his memories of the disaster with Matt Pintus.
(Photo: Smolensk air crash wreckage. Credit: Getty Images)
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